therapist and patient

"In front of her followers, Daphne is a hilarious, on-the-rise vlog star. But at school Daphne is the ever-skeptical Annabelle Louis, seventh-grade super geek and perennial new kid. To cope with her mom's upcoming military assignment in Afghanistan and her start at a brand new middle school, Annabelle's parents send her to a therapist. Dr. Varma insists Annabelle try stepping out of her comfort zone, hoping it will give her the confidence to make friends, which she'll definitely need once Mom is gone. Luckily there is one part of the assignment Annabelle DOES enjoy--her vlog, Daphne Doesn't, in which she appears undercover and gives hilarious takes on activities she thinks are a waste of time. She is great at entertaining her online fans, yet her classmates don't know she exists. Can Annabelle keep up the double life forever?"--Provided by publisher.

Follows the experiences of author and therapist Lori Gottlieb, who one day foudn herself in the midst of a crisis an needing a therapist of her own. Offers Lori's reflections on her own patients' lives--some which include a self-absorbed Hollywood producer and a senior citizen threatening suicide on her birthday--and what she learned about herself, and the nature of love, desire, mortality, guilt, redemption, meaning, terror, courage, and hope and change under the guidance of her own therapist, Wendell.